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BBC News A Libyan government envoy, Mohammed Ismail, has been in London in the past few days for talks with the British authorities, the BBC has learnt. The Foreign Office said that in all its contacts with Libyan officials, it had made it clear that "Gaddafi has to go". News of the...

BBC News President Barack Obama has vowed to reduce US oil imports by one-third in little more than a decade. He said in a speech in Washington that America had to "get serious" about a secure and affordable energy future. Higher oil prices are threatening to hamper US economic recovery...

Discovery News Beams of Electricity Zap Fires But don't trade in the firefighting hose for a electrical wand just yet Researchers have shown that they can put out a fire by zapping it with electricity -- pointing an electrical wand at a flame and applying a current. But it's too early...

Just received this from a friend :p I went into the gas station today and asked for five dollars worth of gas... The clerk farted and gave me a receipt.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Some public school parents in Edgewater, Florida, want a first-grade girl with life-threatening peanut allergies removed from the classroom and home-schooled, rather than deal with special rules to protect her health, a school official said. "That was one of the...

BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12795971 A French plane has fired the first shots in Libya as enforcement of the UN-mandated no-fly zone begins. The target was a military vehicle, the French defence ministry said. It came hours after Western and Arab leaders met in...

BBC News March 6 Mexico has asked the US for detailed information on a law enforcement operation that allegedly allowed guns to be smuggled across the border. The request follows media reports that US federal agents allowed hundreds of guns to be smuggled into Mexico in the hope of...

Discovery News March 4 Mazda has a creepy problem: A common spider species seems to have developed a hankering for making nests and weaving webs inside the engines of its sporty Mazda 6 sedan. The Japanese automaker said Thursday it will be recalling 65,000 vehicles in the United States...

BBC News March 2 Two US Air Force servicemen have died after a gunman opened fire on a bus carrying American military personnel at Frankfurt Airport, police say. Two servicemen were also wounded. One of the dead is said to have been the driver. All four were based at RAF Lakenheath in...

BBC News March 2 The US Supreme Court has ruled that a controversial anti-gay church has the right to picket military funerals by the free speech provision in the US Constitution. The court ruled 8-1 in favour of the Westboro Baptist Church, which was sued by the father of a dead US...

Discovery News Feb 25 See it now, folks! Between the Bearded Lady and the Monster Spider –- the World's Smallest Computer! Worlds-smallest-computer-650 Seriously, the world's smallest computer. It barely covers the “N” on a penny. The prototypical sensor device developed by...

AP Feb 24 MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin state troopers were dispatched Thursday to try to find at least one of the 14 Senate Democrats who have been on the run for eight days to delay a vote on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to strip collective bargaining rights from nearly all public...

BBC News Feb 24 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations, a judge has ruled. At Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in south London, District Judge Howard Riddle said the extradition would not breach Mr Assange's human rights. Mr...

Mail Whatever you do, don't look down! This amazing piece of street art has been officially recognised as the world's largest (but it's definitely not for those with vertigo) Whatever you do, don't look down! This amazing piece of street art has been officially recognised as the...

AP Feb 20 AUSTIN, Texas – Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus, adding momentum to a national campaign to open this part of society to firearms. More than half the members of the Texas House have signed on as co-authors of a measure...

Mail A mother has criticised school authorities for committing her six-year-old son to a psychiatric ward against her wishes because of a picture he drew in class. Jack Dorman was pulled out of his elementary school classroom after he sketched a drawing of zombies and stick figures and...

BBC News Feb 20 Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son, Sayf al-Islam, has admitted the country's military over-reacted when dealing with protesters. But, speaking on Libyan TV, he accused the opposition and Islamist groups of trying to break up the country. He said troops had...

BBC News The National Football League and the players' union, the NFLPA, have agreed to go to federal mediation in their disagreement over working arrangements. The current collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and players ends on 4 March and talks have stalled. The...

BBC News Feb 19 Libya Intense violence has been reported in Libya's second city, Benghazi, with troops said to have opened fire again on anti-government protesters. At least 15 people were killed and many more wounded, unconfirmed reports say. Witnesses described scenes of chaos as...

BBC News Feb 18 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned Taliban fighters in Afghanistan that they face a stark choice between war and peace, as US military pressure on them mounts. "They cannot defeat us. And they cannot escape this choice," Mrs Clinton said in a speech in New...